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Prizes & Rules

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The Art You Make Matters

We are glad you are reading this. It means that you might want to submit for ArtFields 2018 and win part of the $120,000 in cash prizes.
If selected, you and your artwork will be in one of the Southeast’s major art events, a nine-day April affair in Lake City, S.C. Your work will be among some 400 exhibited throughout our downtown in galleries, warehouses, restaurants, shops and other venues. Thousands of people will see it, including art curators, critics and other art professionals and news media of all sorts from all over the place. And then there are the collectors, of course.
Please look at the rules and prize information before you submit. Also look at the changes we made; some are spelled out below.

CHANGES AT ARTFIELDS

ArtFields has five years under its belt, and we want to make the competition and exhibition better than ever. We want to show even higher quality art, improve the presentation of the art, attract bigger audiences, generate increased interest from art professionals nationwide and receive more exposure in art publications and other local, regional, national and international media. All that will serve you, the artists of the region, too.
We are shooting for even more submissions than before. You can help with that by submitting your best artwork for consideration and by telling your friends and colleagues about the opportunity ArtFields provides. We hope you will and thank you in advance.
Here are some of the changes.

Top Prize Change

The $50,000 Top Prize winner used to be selected by the jury from the top-50 vote getters for the People’s Choice awards. That has changed. For ArtFields 2018, we have eliminated the link between Top Prize and People’s Choice voting. As was the case already for the $25,000 second-place Juried Prize, the top prize, too, is now a straightforward jury award. We’ve also renamed the two top awards as “Grand Prize” and “Second Place.”

Rules Revamp

We have rewritten the artists rules to clarify what submissions ArtFields does and does not accept. This should make for better guidelines for both you, the artist, and the selection committee of art professionals, which decides which artworks get in.

Size Matters

We have set limits on the size of artworks ArtFields will accept, although the allotment of space a single artwork may receive is still very generous.

Cutting The Clutter

There have been complaints about the clutter caused in ArtFields venues by artists’ promotional materials. We agree, have set size limits for those materials and will standardize how the materials will be displayed.

All submissions will be reviewed by an independent panel of visual arts
professionals and rated on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 = lowest score; 5 = highest
score).
Approximately 400 artists will be invited to exhibit during ArtFields 2018 to
compete in Lake City, South Carolina.
Finalists will be contacted via e-mail no later than Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

3. Invitation

Venues will view accepted artworks through a private gallery.
Artists will be invited by the venue no later than Tuesday, January 31, 2018 via email.
To confirm your participation, you’ll electronically sign an Artist and Venue
Hosting Agreement.
Artist and Venue Hosting Agreement must be completed by Tuesday, January 31,
2018.

What are the rules and guidelines?

What kind of artwork can be submitted?

Artist may submit one 2-D or 3-D artwork, including installations. Please refer to the ArtFields 2018 Artists Rules for a full description on acceptable work.*Site-Specific and Installations that have been accepted must be delivered, installed and removed by the artist upon appointment with ArtFields.*For digital media and other art forms that require a projector, computer, monitor, and/or other equipment for showing, the artist must provide all for installation and for use during ArtFields.

Can collaborative artists or teams submit?

A collaborative team may submit a work of art. The collaborative team must designate a team lead. This team lead will be the sole point of contact. In case a collaborative team wins an award, it is the policy of Lake City Creative Alliance to issue one prize check. Check will be made payable to the team lead. It is the responsibility of the team lead to distribute award. Members of a collaborative team cannot also submit as an individual artist; artists who submit individually cannot also be part of a collaborative team.

Can a work in progress be submitted?

Concepts or works-in-progress may be submitted, as long as artists can clearly articulate their finished work through sketches, images, and artist statements. Entries that do not conform to their submitted digital image or submitted concept may be rejected, at the sole and exclusive discretion of ArtFields. The deadline for updated images of accepted work Friday, February 9, 2018.

How will art be chosen for the competition?

An independent panel of visual arts professionals will review and rate artists’ submissions through the Slideroom Submission Management Program. Approximately 400 works of art will be selected to compete for prize money in Lake City, S.C., during ArtFields 2018.

Who is on the review panel for submissions?

The review panel is made of up visual arts professionals who have a diverse background in traditional, contemporary and conceptual artwork.

When will the artist know if he/she is selected for competition in ArtFields 2018?

Artist will be notified by December 20, 2017 through the e-mail account* provided in Slideroom and will receive venue invitation starting no later than January 31, 2018.
*It is the responsibility of the artist to keep their Slideroom e-mail account, email address, contact phone number, and current mailing address up to date.

Does the artist choose the venue?

No, the artist, once accepted, will be invited by an official ArtFields Venue to exhibit his/her work during the nine-day art competition and festival. Entries may be moved to another Venue at the discretion of ArtFields for any reason or no reason.

Does the artwork have to be for sale?

No.* Artwork that is not for sale will be listed as NFS (not for sale) on your entry’s label, in the Field Guide, and in the competition artwork gallery on ArtFieldsSC.org. *In the event your entry is the Grand Prize, the Second Place Prize, or People’s Choice 2-D and 3-D Award, the artist agrees that the winning work and reproduction rights will be the sole property of Lake City Creative Alliance and ArtFields®.

Is the artist responsible for insuring the entry?

Yes. The Artist is responsible for obtaining and maintaining insurance relating to the Entry at his/her own cost and expense. Lake City Creative Alliance or Venue will not be liable for risks relating to the Entry’s installation, display, public exhibition and de-installation in connection with ArtFields.

Do I have to be present in Lake City, SC during ArtFields®?

No; however, installation artists will be required to travel to Lake City, SC for installation and removal of artwork.

When does artwork need to be delivered?

Once accepted, delivery of artwork is March 13 through March 17, 2018. Site-specific or installation, accepted Artist begins installation no earlier than March 19, 2018 and must be completed no later than April 7, 2018.

Who will install my artwork?

A team of trained and experienced art handlers will be installing the entries at each official Venue. Placement of artwork within the Venue will be at the sole discretion of ArtFields. Installations and other Site-Specific works that have been accepted must be delivered, installed and removed by the artist upon appointment with Venue and ArtFields.

Is the artist responsible for shipment costs to and from the venue?

Yes. The artist will be responsible for the shipment of and the cost of the shipment of the entry to the venue. In addition, the artist must include a pre-paid return-shipping label for the venue to return the work at the conclusion of ArtFields, unless the artist retrieves the work in person.

What happens if artwork is not retrieved by the deadline?

Entries remaining after 6:00 p.m. on May 11, 2018, will be disposed of by the Lake City Creative Alliance in its absolute and exclusive discretion, with no recourse or remedy available to the artist.

How does artist and venue hosting work?

Once accepted, the artist will be invited by an official ArtFields Venue with an ArtFields® Artist and Venue Hosting Agreement detailing all terms and requirements. The accepted Artist will receive the invitation through email address provided in Slideroom.

May I present an Artist Talk? (Optional)

Yes. There are two ways to present an artist talk.

ArtFields provides a forum for competition artist to present an Artist Talk. LunchTime, CrunchTime is this forum. A projector and screen will be provided. It is the artist responsibility to contact ArtFields to set a presentation time.

Artists may present an artist talk within the hosting venue. It is the responsibility of the artist to contact the hosting venue to arrange and schedule a talk.

How are entries promoted for public voting?

ArtFields provides an online Competition Gallery and a printed Field Guide, which includes voting information such as artist name, image of artwork, title, and critical information about the competition artwork. ArtFields also prints an Exhibition Catalogue of all accepted competition artwork.

The artist is responsible for providing business cards or postcards as promotional material during ArtFields such as artist business cards or postcards.

Artist’s personal promotional materials cannot exceed 7” on one side and 5”, on the other.

Artist is responsible for the cost of producing personal promotional materials.

ArtFields and designated Venue determine how and where Artist’s promotional materials are displayed; Artist must not provide tables, pedestals, racks or anything else to display their promotional materials.

Venue is responsible for displaying promotional materials provided and paid for by LCCA while Entry is on display at the Venue.

What size should images be?

What size should videos be?

Slideroom accepts videos that are up to 60 MB in size. So long as the files meet the size requirement our processors will prepare them for the Slideroom software.

Will images of my artwork or artist statement be used in a catalogue and/or website?

Yes. Images of accepted artwork, artwork information including dimensions and price, artist statements, artist biographies, and possibly resumes submitted through Slideroom or otherwise will be used for online and catalogue publication. The deadline for updated images of accepted work is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 9, 2018.

ArtFields® reserves the right to reproduce images in a competition catalogue and for promotion of the event in the media.

ArtFields is a charitable program and event sponsored by Lake City Creative Alliance, which is a federally-recognized Section 501(c)(3) organization located in Lake City, South Carolina. Its mission is to enhance the area schools and greater community through both creative and audience development by fostering a culturally-rich environment, connecting our communities through the arts, integrating arts into the education system, and serving as the lead in cultivating and advancing our region's creative economy.